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HI SR194

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/7/2022

Primary Sponsor

Gil Riviere

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Disagrees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' determination that destruction of at least 70 coral colonies constitutes minimal adverse environmental effects.

  • Urges the Corps to update its analysis of "individual or cumulative adverse effects" to account for the ecological value of corals in Hawaii.

  • Calls on the District Engineer to invoke authority under 33 Code of Federal Regulations section 330.4(e)(2) to suspend Nationwide Permit 35 authorization for maintenance dredging of Honolulu Harbor and other channel dredging projects.

  • Requests that permit holders work with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and federal partners to mitigate adverse effects on coral colonies impacted by dredging.

  • Directs transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander, District Engineer of Honolulu District, and Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Legislative Description

Strongly Urging The United States Army Corps Of Engineers To Work With The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Mitigate Negative Impacts To Corals And Other Important Coral Reef Resources While Dredging In State Waters.

United States Army Corps of Engineers

Last Action

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06/06/22.

6/6/2022

Committee Referrals

Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/16/2022

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